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Another Payday Lender Leaving Oregon

The company said the 45 Oregon stores had made no profit for the six months ending June 30th.

(SPARTANBURG, S.C.) - Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc., announced late Friday that it has decided to close 31 centers in Pennsylvania and 45 centers in Oregon.

Op Ed: Mr. President, Sir...:
Real Questions Never Fired
What Americans Really Want Answered By Bush Now

How would President Bush answer a series of direct questions, if he really had to?

(BEND, Ore.) - Yesterday’s “Presidential Press Conference” mirrored much of what’s wrong with our system at the national level. Our vaunted “free press”, performing perfunctorily and with little intensity its most essential function, failed to demand any clear and responsible accounting for a host of hot-issue and highly dangerous questions from the very person to whom they should turn, given full and very public opportunity.

This Op Ed seeks to share those thus available with you -- as if they had been asked when the Chief Executive of this nation, by his own choice, stood before interrogators charged with the democratic responsibility to seek answers for the entire nation.

Fall Color Showing up in Drinking Water -- Normal for Unfiltered Bull Run Water Supply

Each summer the reservoir levels diminish as the metropolitan area uses drinking water from this stored supply in the Mt. Hood National Forest.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Water Bureau drinking water customers may be noticing a slight color change in the drinking water this time of year. The change in color is typical for the Bull Run drinking water system in the fall.

Local Group Mines The Power of the Internet to Help Stayton Family

People have a chance to help a local family thanks to efforts of Internet users.

(STAYTON, Ore.) - When a concerned mother had reached the ends of her rope on how to help the family of her injured son in Stayton, she turned to FreecycleSalem and LivePracticallyFree-Oregon for advice on how to get help for the family when all leads to govermental agencies were coming up empty.

A number of suggestions were forthcoming, and soon one of the members of FreecycleSalem, a yahoogroup for those who share unneeded items with others for free, decided to put together a huge yard sale to raise money for the family.

FEMA Authorizes Funds for Broughton Wildfire

Five homes are already reported as being damaged or destroyed, and two miles of State Highway 14 are closed due to heavy smoke.

(SEATTLE, Wa.) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help the State of Washington fight the Broughton Wildfire, burning near the Columbia River in Skamania County, three miles west of White Salmon.

FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison said that Washington’s request for federal fire management assistance was approved after it was confirmed that the fire, estimated to be 250 acres is size, has caused a mandatory evacuation of 400 residents from 100 immediately-threatened homes.

Two Arrested for Salem Robbery‏

No one in the incident was injured.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Marion County Sheriff's deputies say they have made an arrest in the September 19th armed robbery that happened in the parking lot of the Silver Dollar Tavern located at 375 Lancaster Drive SE.

The victim, 45-year old Michael Gene Evanoff, told police he was confronted by two suspects one was armed with a handgun. The suspects allegedly took the victims wallet and left in a vehicle toward the Santiam Regal Theater parking lot.

Wildcat Mountain Road Rape Suspect Arrested

The investigation is called a prime example of how potent forensic evidence can be in developing "unknown" suspect information.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has announced the successful identification and arrest of a subject believed responsible for the September 7th armed residential rape and robbery incident involving a 67 year-old female victim residing on Wildcat Mountain Drive, in Eagle Creek.

More Than 600 soldiers to Attend Soldier Enhancement Day in Medford, Oregon

Soldier Enhancement Day will take place from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM at the Medford Armory located at 1701 S. Pacific Hwy.

(MEDFORD, Ore.) - The Oregon National Guard Reintegration Team expects more than 600 soldiers to attend the Soldier Enhancement Day at the Medford Armory on Sunday, September 23rd.

Organizers say the event will bring together more than 25 employers, local colleges and universities, experts on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs, and more than 25 veteran service organizations to address many of the diverse issues soldiers and their families face as they return to civilian life.

Couple Busted for Meth During Early Morning Raid in Albany

Sheriff Tim Mueller reports that his deputies seized a dealer quantity of Methamphetamine, digital scales, packaging material, smoking devices and paraphernalia during the raid.

(ALBANY, Ore.) - Linn County deputies executed a search warrant today at 5:30 AM at the Heatherdale Trailer Court, 950 Airport Rd. Space #52 in Albany. Sheriff Tim Mueller reports that his deputies seized a dealer quantity of Methamphetamine, digital scales, packaging material, smoking devices and paraphernalia during the raid.

Arrested at the scene were 52-year old Helen Alice Mundt and 46-year old John Dale Hart. Both were charged with Unlawful Delivery and Possession of Methamphetamine.

Smith Applauds Agreement on Children’s Health Measure

The agreement reached between the House and Senate will dedicate $35 billion to the reauthorization of SCHIP, allowing the program to cover an additional four million children.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Senator Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) released the following statement today in response to the agreement reached between U.S. House and Senate leaders on the reauthorization of the States Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).